Boutiko

Boutiko is an AI bookkeeper that lives in WhatsApp, built for small neighborhood shopkeepers in Cameroon and across Africa. Most of them run their business from a paper notebook. They can't afford management software, and many aren't comfortable with computers, but they all use WhatsApp. Shopkeepers just write or speak the way they already talk ("sold 3 soaps at 500 and 2 liters of oil at 1200"), send a voice note, or send a photo of a supplier's delivery note. Boutiko extracts every action, updates stock, sales and customer credit (who owes what), and replies in the shopkeeper's own language. Every evening it sends a summary: sales, best sellers, low stock and outstanding debts. There's no app to install and no sign-up: the first message creates a private shop for that phone number. Stock and debts are stored as dated movements, so every figure has an audit trail. Amounts always come from the shopkeeper's message, never from the model, and photo readings are confirmed (YES/NO) before anything is saved. It's live on a real WhatsApp number, +237 6 22 51 09 67, so you can try it from your own phone. Website: https://boutiko.avexsolution.com